Facebook has made several major changes to its social networking website over the past few months and even though not everyone has been happy with the alterations, it appears another major change is coming down the pipe. The next change, however, will not so much seem like a function change, but rather a change in terminology on a familiar button.

In a recent confidential e-mail sent to several ad agencies on Monday, Facebook is indicating that they will change the phrase on the well known “Become a Fan” button to “Like” in the near future. The reason for the upcoming change according to the Facebook communication is that users on the website have been twice as likely to click the “Like” button as opposed to the “Become a Fan” button. The e-mails further explains:

‘Like’ offers a simple, consistent way for people to connect with the things they are interested in. These lighter-weight actions mean people will make more connections across the site, including with your branded Facebook Pages. We believe this will result in brands gaining more connections to pages since our research has shown that some users would be more comfortable with the term ‘Like’. The goal is to get the most user connections so that you can have ongoing conversations in the news feeds of as many users as possible.

The question remains, though, will Facebook account owners appreciate the change to the “Become a Fan” button to “Like” or will the upcoming button change just add salt to the wound of those users that still haven’t come to terms with the recent layout changes?